Lagos State govt set to execute Rev. King, others

Written By Idoma Television on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 | 6:59:00 AM

There are indications that the Lagos State Government will
execute the General-Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, CPA,
Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Rev. King and others on death row in Lagos prisons soonest.

The Supreme Court had on 27 February, 2016 upheld the
judgment of the Apeal Court which passed death penalty on King, saying the
condemned reverend must die by hanging.

State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji
Kazeem at a ministerial press conference on Tuesday in Lagos, said the state government was
reviewing the matter with a view to taking a crucial decision very soon.

He said the prison officials complained bitterly on this and
wanted the government to take action to remedy the situation.

“Very soon, you will see the action of this government on
that issues, we are reviewing the case on Rev. King and others on death roll,”
he said.

Kazeem, who said previous administration had not deemed it
fit to sign documents for the execution of convicts on death row, vowed that
the Ambode administration was moving towards signing the execution document to
executive those on death row.

“Lots of people are on death row, Rev. King is not the only
one on death row, it is on the instruction of Ambode that I visited the prisons
recently and I discuss the issue with the prison officials and they expressed
concern.

“We are moving in that direction of signing. The prison
officials said we need to look at that seriously. Those on death row are
beginning to think they have some rights. We are going to move in that
direction, you will hear from me, but I will not tell you the exact date,” he
said.

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